Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred 12 websites and three people behind these portals for luring investors with an assured monthly income and returns of 300% to 800% by sharing fraudulent market tips.    Entities barred by SEBI include Rishabh...

Changes in the SEBI listing and prevention of insider-trading regulations, revisions in the double-taxation avoidance agreements (DTAAs) with Mauritius and Singapore are set to come into effect from April 1.   The changes in DTAAs give India the right to tax capital gains arising on...

What happens when a regulator digs in its heels and takes advantage of its independence to become unaccountable, non-transparent and capricious in all its roles—such as licensing, regulating, inspecting and supervising banks and finance companies as well as trading in debt and foreign...

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has turned down a Right to Information (RTI) request followed up by an appeal to provide information on the documents provided by a whistleblower in the Sun Pharmaceutical matter. Interestingly, the refusal is on the grounds that...

When the Union government promulgated The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019 (the Ordinance) a few days ago, the immediate reaction was one of dismay.    There is no denying the fact that unscrupulous people dupe the greedy and gullible by soliciting loans and...